Washing-machine



ATET OFFICE.

GEORGE HENRY THOMPSON, OF READING, AND IVILLIAM H. ROTHERMEL,

4 OF MAIDEN GREEK, PENNSYLVANIA.

- I WASHING-MACHINE.

QPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 340,168, dated April 20, 1886 Application filed November 10, 1885. Serial No. 182,324. No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE H. THoMPsoN and WILLIAM H. RorHERMEL, of Reading and Maiden Greek, respectively, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vashing-Machines; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oftheinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which the clothing and other articles washed are subjected to the rolling pressure of rollers in the suds instead of being rubbed, and its object is to provide amachine of this class with an improved reticulated supporting-bed for the articles to be washed, and to provide such machines with automatic soapdistributers, whereby soap will be continuously applied to the articles being washed.

\Vith these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of devices, which will be readily understood from the following particular description, and the novel features of which will be definitely pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of our improved washi rig-machine closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same with the lid raised. Fig. 8 is a detached view of one of the staples for supporting the rollers and soap-boxes. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section through the roller-supporting bar and rollers, and also through the lid and bevel gear-wheel above the same. Fig. 5 is a detached view of one of the soap-boxes. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the rotary bar with a modified arrangement of corrugated rollers.

The letter A indicates the body or box of the machine, which is mounted on legs a a; and O is the lid hinged to the top edge of one side wall of the box. Within the box sits a round basket, E, of wicker-work. It may be woven of splints, rattan, or willow, or of any other material, so that it will be elas tic, but firm enough to well hold its shape. The basket is of such diameter that it fits tightly in the box and presses against the four sides thereof. This basket forms the bed which supports the articles being washed. A stout bar, F, preferably of wood, is arranged directly under the lid 0, being firmly secured to a spindle, G, which extends up through a thimble, h, which is fixed at the center of the lid. Above the lid a horizontal bevel gear-wheel, H, is fixed upon the spindle, and with it meshes a vertical bevelgear, I, mountedon a horizontal trunnion, k, which has its bearing in a sleeve, Z, supported on short legs m.

To one end of the trunnion k, or to the gear I, is fixed a handle, N, by which said gear may be rocked and motion transmitted from it through the bevel-gearH and spindle to the bar F, which may be thus rotated alternately in opposite directions.

On opposite sides of middle point of bar F are secured downwardly-projecting staple-- tndinally-corrugated oblate ellipsoid, though it may be simply cylindrical with rounded ends, and each is divided longitudinally into two halves fitting together like a pill-box with the edge of one entering tightly in the other. Each half-box has its wall at its ends cut away to form a semicircular recess or half-bearing, so that the half-boxes may beput together around the cross-bars of the frames 1? to form complete boxes revoluble' on said cross-bars.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The articles to be washed are placed in the basket 0, and the box is supplied with a sufficient quantity of 1 water to cover them, the soap-boxes are filled with soap, preferably finely cnt, and placed on the cross-bars of the frames, and the lid 0 being then shut down the handleNis vibrated back and forth.

(No Model.)

J T. THOMPSON.

ICE SGRAPER.

No: 340,169. Patentegl Apr. 20, 1886.

fVH-JE- ilnrrnn STATES ATEN'I Oriana,

JOSEPH '1. THOMPSON, OF VERONA, NEW YORK .|CE=-SCRAPE.R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,169, dated April 20, 1886.

Application filed February 8, 1886. Serial No. 191,121. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH T. THOMPSON, of Verona, in the county of Oneida, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Ice-Scrapers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of this invention is to expeditiously and'effectually clean fields of ice from superincumbent snow preparatory to harvesting said ice or using it for skating thereon; and the invention consists in a novel organization of the constituent members of an ice scraper, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth. 7

In the annexed drawings, Figure I is an isornetric view of my improvedice-scraper. Fig. II is a vertical longitudinal section of the same. Fig. III is a detail view of the scraping-plate and the means for holding it in its operative position, and for releasingit to allow it to dump; and Fig. IV is a detached plan view of the crank shaft by means of which the scraping-plate is raised, so as to allow it to dump.

R It are two longitudinal side plates, having the bottom corner at the front rounded ofi' to make said plates serve as runners, said runners being united by cross-bars A A, which are firmly attached to the upper part thereof, and form therewith a rigid frame. The rear portions of the two side plates or runners R R are provided with slots 0 0, and through said slots project the ends of a shaft, a, which is extended across the frame.

Transversely between the two runners R R is the scraping-plate O, pivoted on the shaft a. Said plate, when in its operative position, rests with the back of its upper portion against the cross-bar A, and is inclined forward, and has its bottom edge even with the bottom of the runners, as represented in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings. Thescraping-plateis provided with forward-projecting side flanges, o o, by which it abuts against the inner sides of the runners R R A rectangular scoop is thus formed in front of the scraping-plate.

On the outer sides of the runners, and forward from the slots 0 0, are pivoted the levers L L, and to these levers are attached the ends of the shaft a, on which the scraping-plate is hinged. I do not, however, limit myself spev e, extended across the frame and through the runners B R, at the outer side of which said shaft is formed with cranked arms e e, terminating in trunnions, which project outward and through slotted plates f f, attachedto the free ends of the levers L L.

By means of a lever, D, attached to the shaft 6, the latter can be turned so as to cause the cranked arms 6 0 thereof to swing upward and forward, and thereby lift the scraping-plate 0 into the position indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings, and when in this position the lever D lies against the back of the cross-bar A, and the cranked arms 0 stand at such a forward inclination and such an angle with the levers L L as to partially lock said parts in their positions and render the scraping-plate O self-sustaining in it elevated position, this position being required while moving the apparatus over the road to and from the ice, and also to allow the scraping-plate to be dumped or inverted, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings. A lever, d, rigidly attached to and projecting rearward from the top of the scrapingplate, allows said plate to be swung back by the operator standing on the platform P, extended across the rear portion of the frame.

To the inner sides of the runners R It are attached lugs or stop-pins .t, which arrest the tilting of the scraping-plate when dumped.

On the rear cross-bar, A, is pivoted a twoarmed latch, b, one arm of which reaches over the top and partly over the front of the scraping-plate O when in its operative position, and the other arm of the latch projects downward at the rear of the cross-bar A, and has its free end between two shoulders of a cam, h, attached to the shaft e. In turning the shaft 

